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News & information from the world of the Vista Alpina Eye Clinic
Information events in Brig, Sierre and Sion about cataract surgery
The Vista Alpina Eye Clinic Visp | Sierre | Sion invites you to an information event about cataract operations and intraocular implants of the latest generation.
Kristof Vandekerckhove, MD, Chief Physician and Ophthalmic Surgeon at Vista Alpina, and one of his colleagues will lead the event.
Vista Alpina Eye Clinic celebrates its 15th anniversary
On 21 April 2023 we successfully celebrated our 15th anniversary with numerous staff and patients at the Backstage Hotel Vernissage in Zermatt. The evening was introduced by two very interesting lectures on the topics of cataract and implantable contact lenses by our head physician Dr. Vandekerckhove, our senior physician Dimitri Baeriswyl
and our lens specialist Claudia Hahnloser, and was rounded off by an aperitif followed by an anniversary celebration.
The Vista Alpina Eye Clinic looks back on a successful & interesting evening in every respect and looks forward to further exciting years.
Vista Alpina hosts second successful information evening
The lecture series continues: On 15 March 2023, our head physician and ophthalmic surgeon Dr Kristof Vandekerckhove and our ophthalmologist and senior physician Dimitri Baeriswyl spoke to more than 100 people on the topic of cataract surgery and the latest generation of intraocular lenses.
The team of the Vista Alpina Eye Clinic enjoyed from this successful evening with many interested people and a pleasant exchange afterwards.
Vista Alpina Eye Clinic informs about cataract surgery and latest generation intraocular lenses
08/03/2023
In front of 150 interested people, Chief Physician Dr. Vandekerckhove and Ophthalmologist Dr. Maslennikova presented everything about cataract surgery and the latest generation of intraocular lenses at the La Poste Congress Centre in Visp on 8 March.
The team of the Vista Alpina Eye Clinic enjoyed from this successful evening with many interested people and a pleasant exchange afterwards.
Recognized further training facility for specialist titles in 2021
Vista Alpina is proud to again be the only recognized training center for eye doctors and eye surgeons in Valais in 2023. We were again granted the authorization for both specialist directions by the Swiss Institute for Continuing Medical Education (SIWF).
Only clinics that meet the strict SIWF criteria defined by the wide range of medical services and the composition of the team of doctors are recognized as further training centers for resident doctors.
Radio rro: Interview series in German on cataracts.
It is one of the most common eye diseases. Cataract. It is a clouding of the lens of the eye.
In the seven-part interview series with the Upper Valais radio station rro, Kristof Vandekerckhove, MD, explains to listeners,
Radio rro: Short-sightedness. Eyes disease due to lockdown?
Dr Vandekerckhove interviewed by Radio rro on the risk of developing myopia due to increased use of PCs, tablets and mobile phones:
"Spending hours in front of a screen has become part of everyday life for many people in the lockdown.
NZZ am Sonntag: Cataract. New lenses for better vision.
By Felicitas Witte, 31.10.2020
At first the environment appears blurred and out of focus, later more colourless, as if through a fog. Light dazzles and driving becomes difficult. Usually both eyes are affected. The diagnosis: cataract.
EDOF: the latest bifocal lens technology at Vista Alpina for seeing without glasses
"EDOF" stands for "Extended Depth Of Focus" and characterises a new generation of implantable eye lenses in the field of vision without glasses.